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highlighted Judges 15:18-20 NASB
Then he became very thirsty, and he acalled to the Lord and said, "You have given this great deliverance by the hand of Your servant, and now shall I die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?"But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi so that water came out of it. When he drank, ahis strength returned and he revived. Therefore he named it En-hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day.So ahe judged Israel twenty years in bthe days of the Philistines.
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Tammy Anderson Jackson
highlighted Judges 15:14-17 NASB
When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him. And athe Spirit of the Lord came upon him mightily so that the ropes that were on his arms were as flax that is burned with fire, and his bonds dropped from his hands.He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, so he reached out and took it and killed aa thousand men with it.Then Samson said,
Jun 28
Tammy Anderson Jackson
highlighted Judges 15:7-11 NASB
The men of Judah said, "Why have you come up against us?" And they said, "We have come up to bind Samson in order to do to him as he did to us."Then 3,000 men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam and said to Samson, "Do you not know athat the Philistines are rulers over us? What then is this that you have done to us?" And he said to them, "As they did to me, so I have done to them."Samson said to them, "Since you act like this, I will surely take revenge on you, but after that I will quit."He struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter; and he went down and lived in the cleft of the rock of Etam.Then the Philistines went up and camped in Judah, and spread out in Lehi.
Jun 28
Tammy Anderson Jackson
highlighted Judges 15:1-6 NASB
But after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, Samson visited his wife awith a young goat, and said, "I will go in to my wife in her room." But her father did not let him enter.Her father said, "I really thought that you hated her intensely; so I agave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please let her be yours instead."Samson then said to them, "This time I shall be blameless in regard to the Philistines when I do them harm."Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned the foxes tail to tail and put one torch in the middle between two tails.When he had set fire to the torches, he released the foxes into the standing grain of the Philistines, thus burning up both the shocks and the standing grain, along with the vineyards and groves.Then the Philistines said, "Who did this?" And they said, "Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he took his wife and gave her to his companion." So the Philistines came up and aburned her and her father with fire.
Jun 28
Tammy Anderson Jackson
highlighted Judges 14:19-20 NASB
Then athe Spirit of the Lord came upon him mightily, and he went down to Ashkelon and killed thirty of them and took their spoil and gave the changes of clothes to those who told the riddle. And his anger burned, and he went up to his father's house.But Samson's wife was agiven to his companion who had been his friend.
Jun 28
Tammy Anderson Jackson
highlighted Judges 14:16-18 NASB
Samson's wife wept before him and said, "aYou only hate me, and you do not love me; you have propounded a riddle to the sons of my people, and have not told it to me." And he said to her, "Behold, I have not told it to my father or mother; so should I tell you?"However she wept before him seven days while their feast lasted. And on the seventh day he told her because she pressed him so hard. She then told the riddle to the sons of her people.So the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down,
Jun 28
Tammy Anderson Jackson
highlighted Judges 14:5-9 NASB
Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother, and came as far as the vineyards of Timnah; and behold, a young lion came roaring toward him.aThe Spirit of the Lord came upon him mightily, so that bhe tore him as one tears a young goat though he had nothing in his hand; but he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.So he went down and talked to the woman; and she looked good to Samson.When he returned later to take her, he turned aside to look at the carcass of the lion; and behold, a swarm of bees and honey were in the body of the lion.So he scraped the honey into his hands and went on, eating as he went. When he came to his father and mother, he gave some to them and they ate it; but he did not tell them that he had scraped the honey out of the body of the lion.
Jun 28
Tammy Anderson Jackson
highlighted Judges 13:20-25 NASB
For it came about when the flame went up from the altar toward heaven, that the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they afell on their faces to the ground.Now the angel of the Lord did not appear to Manoah or his wife again. aThen Manoah knew that he was the angel of the Lord.So Manoah said to his wife, "aWe will surely die, for we have seen God."But his wife said to him, "If the Lord had desired to kill us, He would not have accepted a burnt offering and a grain offering from our hands, nor would He have ashown us all these things, nor would He have let us hear things like this at this time."Then the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson; and the achild grew up and the Lord blessed him.And athe Spirit of the Lord began to stir him in bMahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
Jun 28
Tammy Anderson Jackson
highlighted Judges 13:8-19 NASB
So the woman ran quickly and told her husband, "Behold, athe man who came the other day has appeared to me."Then Manoah arose and followed his wife, and when he came to the man he said to him, "Are you athe man who spoke to the woman?" And he said, "I am."Manoah said, "Now when your words come to pass, what shall be the boy's mode of life and his vocation?"So athe angel of the Lord said to Manoah, "bLet the woman pay attention to all that I said."She should not eat anything that comes from the avine nor drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing; let her observe all that I commanded."Then Manoah said to athe angel of the Lord, "Please let us detain you so that we may prepare a young goat for you."The angel of the Lord said to Manoah, "Though you detain me, aI will not eat your food, but if you prepare a burnt offering, then offer it to the Lord." For Manoah did not know that he was the angel of the Lord.Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, "aWhat is your name, so that when your words come to pass, we may honor you?"But the angel of the Lord said to him, "Why do you ask my name, seeing it is awonderful?"So aManoah took the young goat with the grain offering and offered it on the rock to the Lord, and He performed wonders while Manoah and his wife looked on.Then Manoah entreated the Lord and said, "O Lord, please let athe man of God whom You have sent come to us again that he may teach us what to do for the boy who is to be born."God listened to the voice of Manoah; and athe angel of God came again to the woman as she was sitting in the field, but Manoah her husband was not with her.
Jun 28
Tammy Anderson Jackson
highlighted Judges 13:3-7 NASB
aThen the angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, "Behold now, you are barren and have borne no children, but you shall conceive and give birth to a son."Now therefore, be careful anot to drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing."aFor behold, you shall conceive and give birth to a son, and no razor shall come upon his head, for the boy shall be a bNazirite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to deliver Israel from the hands of the Philistines."Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, "aA man of God came to me and his appearance was like the appearance of the angel of God, very awesome. And I did not ask him where he came from, nor did he tell me his name."But he said to me, 'Behold, you shall conceive and give birth to a son, and now you shall not drink wine or strong drink nor eat any unclean thing, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.'"
Jun 28
Tammy Anderson Jackson
highlighted Judges 13:1 NASB
Now the sons of Israel aagain did evil in the sight of the Lord, so that the Lord gave them into the hands of the Philistines forty years.
Jun 28
Tammy Anderson Jackson
highlighted Judges 12:7-15 NASB
Then Ibzan died and was buried in Bethlehem.Now Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel after him; and he judged Israel ten years.Then Elon the Zebulunite died and was buried at Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.Now Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel after him.He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkeys; and he judged Israel eight years.Then Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and was buried at Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.Now Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel after him.He had thirty sons, and thirty daughters whom he gave in marriage outside the family, and he brought in thirty daughters from outside for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.
Jun 28
Tammy Anderson Jackson
highlighted Judges 11:27-32 NASB
'I therefore have not sinned against you, but you are doing me wrong by making war against me; amay the Lord, the Judge, judge today between the sons of Israel and the sons of Ammon.'"But the king of the sons of Ammon disregarded the message which Jephthah sent him.Now athe Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, so that he passed through Gilead and Manasseh; then he passed through Mizpah of Gilead, and from Mizpah of Gilead he went on to the sons of Ammon.Jephthah made a vow to the Lord and said, "If You will indeed give the sons of Ammon into my hand,then it shall be that whatever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the sons of Ammon, it shall be the Lord'S, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering."So Jephthah crossed over to the sons of Ammon to fight against them; and the Lord gave them into his hand.
Jun 28
Tammy Anderson Jackson
highlighted Judges 11:21-24 NASB
'The Lord, the God of Israel, gave Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they adefeated them; so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.'aSo they possessed all the territory of the Amorites, from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok, and from the wilderness as far as the Jordan.'Since now the Lord, the God of Israel, drove out the Amorites from before His people Israel, are you then to possess it?'Do you not possess what aChemosh your god gives you to possess? So whatever the Lord our God has driven out before us, we will possess it.
Jun 28
Tammy Anderson Jackson
highlighted Judges 11:7-10 NASB
The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "aThe Lord is witness between us; surely we will do as you have said."Then Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, "aDid you not hate me and drive me from my father's house? So why have you come to me now when you are in trouble?"The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "For this reason we have now returned to you, that you may go with us and fight with the sons of Ammon and abecome head over all the inhabitants of Gilead."So Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, "If you take me back to fight against the sons of Ammon and the Lord gives them up to me, will I become your head?"
Jun 28
Tammy Anderson Jackson
highlighted Judges 10:10-16 NASB
Then the asons of Israel cried out to the Lord, saying, "We have sinned against You, for indeed, we have forsaken our God and served the Baals."The Lord said to the sons of Israel, "Did I not deliver you afrom the Egyptians, bthe Amorites, cthe sons of Ammon, and the Philistines?"Also when the Sidonians, the Amalekites and the Maonites aoppressed you, you cried out to Me, and I delivered you from their hands."Yet ayou have forsaken Me and served other gods; therefore I will no longer deliver you."aGo and cry out to the gods which you have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your distress."The sons of Israel said to the Lord, "We have sinned, ado to us whatever seems good to You; only please deliver us this day."aSo they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord; and bHe could bear the misery of Israel no longer.
Jun 28
Tammy Anderson Jackson
highlighted Judges 10:6-8 NASB
Then the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, aserved the Baals and the Ashtaroth, the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, bthe gods of the sons of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; thus cthey forsook the Lord and did not serve Him.The anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and He asold them into the hands of the Philistines and into the hands of the sons of Ammon.They afflicted and crushed the sons of Israel that year; for eighteen years they afflicted all the sons of Israel who were beyond the Jordan in Gilead in the land of the Amorites.
Jun 28
Tammy Anderson Jackson
highlighted Judges 10:1-5 NASB
Now after Abimelech died, Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, aarose to save Israel; and he lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.He judged Israel twenty-three years. Then he died and was buried in Shamir.After him, Jair the Gileadite arose and judged Israel twenty-two years.He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty cities in the land of Gilead athat are called Havvoth-jair to this day.And Jair died and was buried in Kamon.
Jun 28
Tammy Anderson Jackson
highlighted Judges 9:53-57 NASB
But aa certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech's head, crushing his skull.Then ahe called quickly to the young man, his armor bearer, and said to him, "Draw your sword and kill me, so that it will not be said of me, 'A woman slew him.'" So the young man pierced him through, and he died.When the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, each departed to his home.Thus aGod repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he had done to his father in killing his seventy brothers.Also God returned all the wickedness of the men of Shechem on their heads, and the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal came upon them.
Jun 28
Tammy Anderson Jackson
highlighted Judges 9:22-25 NASB
Now Abimelech ruled over Israel three years.aThen God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem bdealt treacherously with Abimelech,aso that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and btheir blood might be laid on Abimelech their brother, who killed them, and on the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to kill his brothers.The men of Shechem set men in ambush against him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all who might pass by them along the road; and it was told to Abimelech.
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